Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, March 17:
Roundup: Israeli PM nixes Hamas' demands in prisoner swap
Mar 17, 2009 ... Roundup: Israeli PM nixes Hamas' demands in prisoner swap JERUSALEM, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Israel's outgoing Prime MinisterEhud Olmert on Tuesday night nixed Hamas's current demands in apossible prisoner swap, saying it is impossible for his country toaccept. In a televised ...
Feature: Deal for Shalit aborts, disappointed Israelis in dilemma
Mar 17, 2009 ... Feature: Deal for Shalit aborts, disappointed Israelis in dilemma by Xinhua writer Huang Heng, David Harris, Ma Xiaoyan JERUSALEM, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of teenagers wearingwhite T-shirt shouted Tuesday afternoon outside outgoing IsraeliPrime Minister Ehud Olmert's ...
Roundup: UN calls for improved management as demand for water rising
Mar 17, 2009 ... Roundup: UN calls for improved management as demand for waterrising Roundup: UN calls for improved management as demand for waterrising by Xinhua writers Li Weijie and Zheng Jinfa ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The demand for water hasnever been greater and the ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- March 17
Mar 17, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- March 17 CAIRO, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of majorMiddle East news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua NewsAgency on Tuesday. -- Watching developments in the Fifth World Water Forum currentlyunder way in ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Mar 17, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are major newsitems in leading Israeli newspapers on Tuesday. Ha'aretz: -- The indirect talks between Israel and Hamas in Cairo havefailed to achieve a breakthrough that ...
Kuwaiti parliament session adjourned after cabinet resignation
Mar 17, 2009 ... Kuwaiti parliament session adjourned after cabinet resignation KUWAIT CITY, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Kuwaiti National AssemblySpeaker Jassem al-Khorafi adjourned the parliament session due tolack of quorum on Tuesday as the resignation of the cabinet has beenaccepted by the emir ....
Iran's reformist Khatami pulls out of presidential election
Mar 17, 2009 ... Iran's reformist Khatami pulls out of presidential election TEHRAN, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Iran's reformist former PresidentMohammad Khatami on Tuesday announced his withdrawal from theupcoming presidential election in June, Iran's English-languagesatellite channel Press TV ...
Lebanese Druze leader hails opening embassy in Damascus
Mar 17, 2009 ... Lebanese Druze leader hails opening embassy in Damascus BEIRUT, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Druze majority leader WalidJumblatt described the opening of the Lebanese embassy in Damascusas "great and expected," local Al-Mustaqbal daily reported Tuesday. Jumblatt said ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Mar 17, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ISTANBUL, Turkey, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are majornews items in leading Turkish newspapers on Tuesday. TURKIYE (Turkey): -- The 5th World Water Forum, which gathers 11 heads of state aswell as ministers from ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Mar 17, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Iranian newspapers on Tuesday. Tehran Times: -- Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the CzechRepublic's charge d'affairs, whose country ...
Palestinians end first round of unity talks
Mar 17, 2009 ... Palestinians end first round of unity talks GAZA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian reconciliation negotiatorson Tuesday ended their first intensive round of talks in Cairo aftersome outstanding issues have been settled. Yasser al-Wadia, an independent academic, said all ...
Hamas denies foiling prisoner exchange talks
Mar 17, 2009 ... Hamas denies foiling prisoner exchange talks GAZA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Hamas on Tuesday denied that it foiledindirect talks with Israel which aimed at freeing an Israeli soldierfor hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The Egyptian-sponsored talks were about to achieve a ...
News Analysis: Inter-Palestinian dialogue makes progress, obstacles remain
Mar 17, 2009 ... News Analysis: Inter-Palestinian dialogue makes progress,obstacles remain News Analysis: Inter-Palestinian dialogue makesprogress, obstacles remain by Xinhua writers Qi Xianghui and Hua Chunyu RAMALLAH, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The first round of inter-Palestinian national ...
Unsettled issues in Palestinian dialogue put to higher committee
Mar 17, 2009 ... Unsettled issues in Palestinian dialogue put to higher committee GAZA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian reconciliation negotiatorshave handed over the controversial issues to a higher committee fordiscussion, a spokesman for Hamas said on Tuesday. Fawzi Barhoum, spokesman of ...
AL chief urges Iraq resume role in Arab world
Mar 17, 2009 ... AL chief urges Iraq resume role in Arab world BAGHDAD, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Arab League (AL) Secretary GeneralAmr Moussa on Tuesday urged Iraq to resume role in the Arab world asit is making progress in national reconciliation that led to betterstability. Moussa's comments ...
Jordan's stock market index closes lower
Mar 17, 2009 ... Jordan's stock market index closes lower AMMAN, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 2645.86 points on Tuesday, down ...
Hamas accuses Israel of hindering prisoners exchange
Mar 17, 2009 ... Hamas accuses Israel of hindering prisoners exchange GAZA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Hamas movement on Tuesdayaccused Israel of hindering a prisoner exchange by retreatingearlier acceptance on some of the points. "The enemy puts reservations on the numbers of the ...
Urgent: Military training aircraft crashes in central Turkey, one killed
Mar 17, 2009 ... Urgent: Military training aircraft crashes in central Turkey, onekilled Urgent: Military training aircraft crashes in central Turkey,one killed ISTANBUL, ...
Most Palestinian delegates leave Cairo after intensive unity talks
Mar 17, 2009 ... Most Palestinian delegates leave Cairo after intensive unitytalks CAIRO, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Most Palestinians representativeshave left Cairo following a week-long intensive talks in a bid toreach an inter-Palestinian reconciliation, a Palestinian officialsaid here on Tuesday ....
Roundup: Israel-Hamas prisoner swap elusive on Olmert's watch
Mar 17, 2009 ... Roundup: Israel-Hamas prisoner swap elusive on Olmert's watch by Xinhua writer Deng Yushan JERUSALEM, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Israel's outgoing governmentwould not be able to bring back the household-known kidnappedsoldier Gihad Shalit from the Hamas movement, the captive's ...
Urgent: One soldier of UNAMIS in Sudan's Darfur killed in ambush
Mar 17, 2009 ... Urgent: One soldier of UNAMIS in Sudan's Darfur killed in ambush KHARTOUM, March 17 (Xinhua) ...
1st LD: One soldier of UNAMIS in Sudan's Darfur killed in ambush
Mar 17, 2009 ... 1st LD: One soldier of UNAMIS in Sudan's Darfur killed in ambush KHARTOUM, March 17 (Xinhua) -- One soldier of the hybrid ...
2nd LD: One soldier of UNAMIS in Sudan's Darfur killed in ambush
Mar 17, 2009 ... 2nd LD: One soldier of UNAMIS in Sudan's Darfur killed in ambush KHARTOUM, March 17 (Xinhua) -- One soldier of the hybrid forcesof the United Nations and African Union in Darfur (UNAMIS) waskilled in ambush in South Darfur State, a UNAMIS source told Xinhua. Five Nigerian ...
Olmert says to continue efforts for kidnapped soldier
Mar 17, 2009 ... Olmert says to continue efforts for kidnapped soldier JERUSALEM, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Israel's outgoing Prime MinisterEhud Olmert will make more efforts to bring back a household-knownkidnapped soldier from the Hamas movement, said the captive's fatheron Tuesday. Following ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower
Mar 17, 2009 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower JERUSALEM, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchangegeneral share index closed at ...
3rd LD: UNAMIS soldier killed in ambush in Sudan's Darfur
Mar 17, 2009 ... 3rd LD: UNAMIS soldier killed in ambush in Sudan's Darfur KHARTOUM, March 17 (Xinhua) -- One soldier of the hybrid forcesof the United Nations and African Union in Darfur (UNAMIS) waskilled in ambush in South Darfur State, a UNAMIS source told Xinhua. Five Nigerian soldiers ...
Urgent: Israeli PM says Hamas' current demands in prisoner swap impossible
Mar 17, 2009 ... Urgent: Israeli PM says Hamas' current demands in prisoner swapimpossible Urgent: Israeli PM says Hamas' current demands inprisoner swap impossible JERUSALEM, March 17 (Xinhua) ...
1st LD: Israeli PM says Hamas' current demands in prisoner swap unacceptable
Mar 17, 2009 ... 1st LD: Israeli PM says Hamas' current demands in prisoner swapunacceptable 1st LD: Israeli PM says Hamas' current demands inprisoner swap unacceptable JERUSALEM, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Israel's outgoing Prime MinisterEhud Olmert said Tuesday night that his cabinet agreed that ...
Hamas accuses Israel of blocking prisoner swap
Mar 17, 2009 ... Hamas accuses Israel of blocking prisoner swap GAZA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement onTuesday night accused Israel of foiling a possible prisoner swapdeal, in which the captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit would befreed in exchange for 1450 Palestinian ...
UN peacekeepers condemn gunmen's attack in Sudan's Darfur
Mar 17, 2009 ... UN peacekeepers condemn gunmen's attack in Sudan's Darfur KHARTOUM, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The hybrid peacekeeping forces ofthe United Nations and the African Union in Darfur (UNAMID) onTuesday condemned an attack by unidentified gunmen at thepeacekeepers in the restive Sudanese ...
2nd LD Writethru: Israeli PM says Hamas' current demands in prisoner swap unacceptable
Mar 17, 2009 ... 2nd LD Writethru: Israeli PM says Hamas' current demands inprisoner swap unacceptable 2nd LD Writethru: Israeli PM says Hamas'current demands in prisoner swap unacceptable JERUSALEM, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Israel's outgoing Prime MinisterEhud Olmert said Tuesday night that Hamas' ...
Backgrounder: Chronicle of Israel-Hamas prisoner swap negotiations
Mar 17, 2009 ... Backgrounder: Chronicle of Israel-Hamas prisoner swapnegotiations JERUSALEM, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Israel's outgoing Prime MinisterEhud Olmert said Tuesday night that Hamas's current demands in apossible prisoner swap are impossible for his country to meet. Israel will not ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, March 17
Mar 17, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, March 17 TEHRAN -- Iran's reformist former President Mohammad Khatami onTuesday announced his withdrawal from the upcoming presidentialelection in June, Iran's English-language satellite channel Press TVreported. "I announce my ...
Three people killed in northern Iraq
Mar 17, 2009 ... Three people killed in northern Iraq MOSUL, Iraq, march 17 (Xinhua) -- Three Iraqis were killed in thenorthern city of Mosul on Tuesday, a provincial police said. A student in Management and Administration College in MosulUniversity was shot dead by unknown gunmen in a ...
S. Korean investment in Cambodia down by 25 pct in 2008
Mar 17, 2009 ... S. Korean investment in Cambodia down by 25 pct in 2008 PHNOM PENH, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean investment inCambodia fell by 25 percent in 2008 over 2007, as the investors'pockets became contracted over the global financial crisis, nationalmedia said on Wednesday ....
Dollar stands at upper 98 yen range
Mar 17, 2009 ... Dollar stands at upper 98 yen range TOKYO, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar traded in the upper98 yen range early Wednesday in Tokyo, up slightly from its levelsovernight in New York. At 9 a.m., the dollar changed hands 98.77-82 yen against ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Mar 17, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are the major newsitems in leading Japanese newspapers on Wednesday: The Daily Yomiuri -- Toyota Motor Corp. and its labor union agreed Tuesday on adeal in this spring's shunto ...
Tokyo stocks open sharply higher
Mar 17, 2009 ... Tokyo stocks open sharply higher TOKYO, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened sharply higherWednesday, with the benchmark Nikkei index climbing above the 8, 000line for the first time since Feb. 10. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the ...
1st LD: Military training aircraft crashes in central Turkey, one killed
Mar 17, 2009 ... 1st LD: Military training aircraft crashes in central Turkey, onekilled 1st LD: Military training aircraft crashes in central Turkey,one killed ISTANBUL, TURKEY, March 17 (Xinhua) -- A military trainingaircraft crashed in central Turkey on Tuesday, killing one pilot,the ...
Major news items in leading Thai newspapers
Mar 17, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Thai newspapers BANGKOK, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Thai newspapers Wednesday: The Nation: -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will be proposing to theG-20 Summit that both the World Bank (WB) ...
S. Korea rules out closure of inter-Korean industrial complex in DPRK
Mar 17, 2009 ... S. Korea rules out closure of inter-Korean industrial complex inDPRK SEOUL, March 18 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Unification MinisterHyun In-teak on Wednesday said his government would not considerclosure of the inter-Korean industrial complex in DPRK's border cityof Kaesong ....
Urgent: Abducted Red Cross employees in Philippines still alive
Mar 17, 2009 ... Urgent: Abducted Red Cross employees in Philippines still alive MANILA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Three employees of the InternationalCommittee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are still alive ...
Urgent: Two soldiers killed in clash with separatist rebels in S. Philippines
Mar 17, 2009 ... Urgent: Two soldiers killed in clash with separatist rebels in S.Philippines COTABATO, Philippines, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Two ...
Tokyo stocks close up at break
Mar 17, 2009 ... Tokyo stocks close up at break TOKYO, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed higher in morningtrade on Wednesday, with the key Nikkei index briefly regained thekey 8,000-point level for the first time in ...
1st LD: Abducted Red Cross employees in Philippines still alive
Mar 17, 2009 ... 1st LD: Abducted Red Cross employees in Philippines still alive MANILA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Three employees of the InternationalCommittee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are still alive after the militaryclashed violently with Abu Sayyaf militants who have held thehostages in the ...
1st LD Writethru: Two soldiers killed in clash with separatist rebels in S. Philippines
Mar 17, 2009 ... 1st LD Writethru: Two soldiers killed in clash with separatistrebels in S. Philippines COTABATO, Philippines, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Two soldiers werekilled Tuesday night as they clashed with separatist rebels in therestive southern Philippines, the military said on Wednesday ....
Nine rescued in Japan's ski resort
Mar 17, 2009 ... Nine rescued in Japan's ski resort TOKYO, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Nine people, including eight foreignnationals and a Japanese guide were safely rescued Wednesday morningafter going missing Tuesday in a ski resort in Hokkaido, Japan,local media reported. Police and the Japan's ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Mar 17, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers NEW DELHI, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are major newsitems in leading Indian newspapers in Wednesday: The Hindu: -- Varun Gandhi, BJP's Pilibhit Lok Sabha (parliament)constituency candidate has landed himself in ...
2nd LD-Writethru: Abducted Red Cross employees in Philippines unharmed despite fatal clashes
Mar 17, 2009 ... 2nd LD-Writethru: Abducted Red Cross employees in Philippinesunharmed despite fatal clashes MANILA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Three kidnapped employees of theInternational Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are unharmed as themilitary clashed violently with Abu Sayyaf militants who are ...
SAARC organizes workshop on poverty, HIV in Nepali capital
Mar 17, 2009 ... SAARC organizes workshop on poverty, HIV in Nepali capital KATHMANDU, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Over 100 delegates from the SouthAsian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries andIran are attending a two-day South Asian workshop on poverty, drugabuse and HIV in Kathmandu ....
Urgent: Bomb explosion rocks Afghan capital
Mar 17, 2009 ... Urgent: Bomb explosion rocks Afghan capital KABUL, March 18 (Xinhua) -- An ...
Two Myanmar cities found with most HIV-carrying sex workers: report
Mar 17, 2009 ... Two Myanmar cities found with most HIV-carrying sex workers:report YANGON, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Two Myanmar cities in the northernpart -- Lashio and Mandalay were found with most HIV-carrying sexworkers, the local Weekly Eleven News quoted the figures of theMinistry of Health as ...
Vietnamese 30 seafood producers to resume export to Russia
Mar 17, 2009 ... Vietnamese 30 seafood producers to resume export to Russia HANOI, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development said that the country's 30 seafood producers willresume export activities to Russia after being suspended lastDecember, the local newspaper ...
1st Ld: Explosion shocks Afghan capital, wounds 3
Mar 17, 2009 ... 1st Ld: Explosion shocks Afghan capital, wounds 3 KABUL, March 18 (Xinhua)-- A powerful blast rocked west of Afghancapital Kabul Wednesday morning, injuring at least three persons,all of them civilians, a police officer aid. "It was 7:00 a.m. local time when the blast hit ...
Dollar steadies at lower 98 yen in Tokyo
Mar 17, 2009 ... Dollar steadies at lower 98 yen in Tokyo TOKYO, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar stood firm at thelower 98 yen level Tuesday morning in Tokyo. The dollar bought 98.24-29 yen at midday, compared with 98.13- 23yen in New York ...
Kidnapped Red Cross members safe: Philippine police
Mar 17, 2009 ... Kidnapped Red Cross members safe: Philippine police COTABATO, the Philippines, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Police in thesouthern Philippines said Tuesday the three aid workers of theInternational Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are safe despite anoperation launched by government troops ...
Philippine unemployment at 7.7 pct: government
Mar 17, 2009 ... Philippine unemployment at 7.7 pct: government MANILA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Philippine unemployment rate reached7.7 percent in January this year, or equivalent to about 3 millionof the total labor force, the country's National Statistics Officesaid on Tuesday. The rate is ...
U.S. reportedly stops supplying gas turbines to Indian navy stealth warships
Mar 17, 2009 ... U.S. reportedly stops supplying gas turbines to Indian navystealth warships NEW DELHI, March 17 (Xinhua) -- India's plans to build stealthwarships was disrupted as the U.S. administration of PresidentBarack Obama has asked the General Electric to suspend work on gasturbines ...
Indonesia's manufacture industry predicted to grow 2.5 pct in Q1
Mar 17, 2009 ... Indonesia's manufacture industry predicted to grow 2.5 pct in Q1 JAKARTA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's manufacture industrywas predicted to grow only 2.5 percent in the first quarter of 2009compared with 5.5 percent in the same period of last year, BisnisIndonesia daily quoted ...
Australian training troops face dangers as in Vietnam 30 years ago
Mar 17, 2009 ... Australian training troops face dangers as in Vietnam 30 yearsago CANBERRA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Australian troops to train Afghansoldiers face the same sort of risks experienced by members of asimilar team in Vietnam more than 30 years ago, the AustraliaDefense Association ...
Indonesia to propose private debt rollover talks in G20
Mar 17, 2009 ... Indonesia to propose private debt rollover talks in G20 JAKARTA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia will propose talks onrollover risk of private debt in G20 summit, which will begin onApril 2, Bisnis Indonesia daily quoted a state official as saying onTuesday. Indonesian ...
U.S. does not consult with India over situation in Pakistan: report
Mar 17, 2009 ... U.S. does not consult with India over situation in Pakistan:report NEW DELHI, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The United States did not consultwith India over the latest political events in Pakistan and actedalone to pressure a defusion of the political situation there whenit reached ...
S. Korea's central bank loans 3 bln U.S. dollars to local banks
Mar 17, 2009 ... S. Korea's central bank loans 3 bln U.S. dollars to local banks SEOUL, March 17 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's central bank saidTuesday that it loaned 3 billion U.S. dollars to local banks fromits currency swap line with the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Bank of Korea (BOK) said that ...
3 Filipino soldiers killed in clash with kidnappers, hostages safe
Mar 17, 2009 ... 3 Filipino soldiers killed in clash with kidnappers, hostagessafe MANILA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Three soldiers were killed and 19others were wounded in a clash in the southern Philippines betweengovernment troops and kidnappers holding hostage three Red Crossworkers, the military ...
1st LD Writethru: Nikkei closes 3.18 pct higher to one-month high
Mar 17, 2009 ... 1st LD Writethru: Nikkei closes 3.18 pct higher to one-month high TOKYO, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed sharply higherTuesday with the key Nikkei index jumping 3.18 percent to a one-month closing high. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Average soared 244.98 points to ...